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Chennai Super Kings line up Ben Stokes as future captain

Ben Stokes is being groomed as a possible long-term captain of Chennai Super Kings as he prepares to start the Indian Premier League this year as a specialist batter. The all-rounder heads into the tournament with English fingers crossed that he is fit to play a full role in the Ashes this summer after a longstanding knee injury curtailed his role with the ball during the recent 1-1 Test series in New Zealand.

Fresh scans are said to have come back clear but England’s Test captain has recently had a cortisone injection and will not bowl at the start of the eight-week tournament that starts on Friday. CSK, who signed Stokes for £1.6m, begin on Monday against Lucknow Super Giants.

England are banking on strong lines of communication between the medical team and their equivalents at CSK to ensure Stokes is ready for summer. Brendon McCullum, the Test head coach, has said he will be in regular dialogue with Stephen Fleming, his fellow New Zealander and former captain, who is in charge of the franchise’s first team.

Having paid a hefty sum for his services in the most recent auction, CSK are clearly invested in the fitness of Stokes and not just in the short term. Separate sources have said Stokes was not just bought as a player, but as a possible candidate for the captaincy down the line.

CSK will once again be led by MS Dhoni this season but with the 41-year-old in the autumn of his career – and Ravindra Jadeja’s attempt at the role last season a short-lived and unhappy experiment – a successor will be required.

As such, the new campaign is being viewed as a case of integrating the 32-year-old Stokes into the dressing room and the franchise at large, while the player attempts to get back to all-rounder status before the

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